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Review: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt are explosively entertaining in stuntman action comedy 'The Fall Guy' 05/10/2024 02:21pm • Hopes were high for "The Fall Guy" as Hollywood combined two blockbuster stars from last summer's "Barbenheimer" phenomenon with "Barbie" alum Ryan Gosling teaming with "Oppenheimer" alum Emily Blunt. All week long, box-office pundits have been quick to point out that "The Fall Guy" underwhel PHOTOS: After more than 40 years, Metro will retire 2000-series trains 05/10/2024 01:56pm • Metro officially started retiring its 2000-series train on Friday after more than 40 years on the tracks. The 2000-series trains were first introduced in 1983 and had issues close to four times more often than the 7000-series trains, Metro said in a news release. “These 76 train cars helped mo Police: Driver hit sign, exited car before being struck, killed in Rockville 05/10/2024 10:17am • Detectives in Montgomery County, Maryland, are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that killed a 43-year-old man on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Earl William Smith, of Clinton, according to a Friday news release from police. Just after 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Montgomery Coun Family petitions to rename Fairfax Co. road after daughter's fatal crash helped spur safety changes 05/10/2024 08:50am • In January 2023, 16-year-old Ariana Haftsavar was killed when the 2019 Lexus IS350 she was riding in left the road and rolled over. Her father tells WTOP Lee Chapel Road has been the site of many crashes. (Courtesy Bahman Haftsavar) A year-and-a-half after his daughter died in a crash on a treac 'It's very emotional': Md. man honors wife killed in bike lane as new road safety bill signed into law 05/10/2024 05:07am • The ghost bike for Sarah Langenkamp. (WTOP/Luke Lukert) Daniel Langenkamp went to Annapolis on Thursday, and from inside the Maryland State House, he texted a reporter: "I vowed to do something to make our roads safer so people like Sarah didn't have to die." In an interview with WTOP, Langen Free software updates available in Md. could shrink the odds your Hyundai is stolen 05/09/2024 09:30pm • In recent years, Hyundai and Kia vehicles have become easy targets for car thieves, thanks to a social media "challenge." The two automakers have since been giving out steering wheel locks across the country. Now, Hyundai is out with a new software update the carmaker hopes will be even more eff 'Hours count, minutes count': Advice from the Secret Service on avoiding cyberscams 05/09/2024 08:00pm • When most people think of the U.S. Secret Service, they think about presidential protection. But the Secret Service also investigates financial crimes and is currently involved in the investigation of the theft of $220,000 from the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department. Stavros Nikolakakos, assi Fort Washington man pleads guilty to murdering 87-year-old after door ding 05/08/2024 09:00pm • A 27-year-old Fort Washington, Maryland, man pleaded guilty Wednesday to beating an 87-year-old man to death in a parking lot. The brutal beating of Johnny Shepherd, which was captured on surveillance video in June 2022, happened after prosecutors say Shepherd door-dinged Julias Wright's girlfrie Man dead after car hits pedestrian in Rockville 05/08/2024 11:58am • A man is dead after being struck and killed by a vehicle in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Wednesday morning, police said. Around 5:30 a.m., Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel and Montgomery County police officers responded to reports of a pedestrian struck on the westbound side of Norbeck Police: 1 woman dead after 4-vehicle collision in Prince George's Co. 05/08/2024 11:12am • A woman is dead after a crash involving four vehicles on Monday in Laurel, Maryland, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. The collision happened on Laurel Bowie Road near Powder Mill Road around 12:30 p.m. The preliminary investigation showed that one vehicle collided wit During Southeast prayer walk, DC's police chief calls for healing, end to gun violence 05/07/2024 10:18pm • As religious leaders prayed in front of D.C. Police’s Seventh District station along Alabama Avenue in Southeast on Tuesday night, Chief Pamela Smith watched closely. She closed her eyes, lowered her head and at times clapped as community members prayed for safety in their neighborhood, for 'I'm hoping to learn from what they're doing': Firefighters from around the world collaborate in DC to keep you safer 05/07/2024 05:45pm • They have come from as far as Fiji and Croatia and as close as D.C. and Fairfax County, Virginia. Firefighters packed a conference room at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown D.C. on Tuesday for the inaugural World Fire Congress to collaborate and share information to better keep citizens across the world 2 killed, 3 hurt in Capital Beltway crash in Prince George's Co. 05/07/2024 05:30pm • Two people died and three others were hurt after a car crashed into the woods off the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County on Tuesday afternoon. Around 12:30 p.m. Maryland State Police responded to the Outer Loop near exit 27 for reports of a single-vehicle crash. The driver, later identi Review: Elisabeth Moss transports a potential ISIS plotter in new FX spy thriller 'The Veil' on Hulu 05/07/2024 02:01pm • Were you a fan of "Homeland?" Are you now looking for a new spy thriller to stream early in your workweek? You might try FX's "The Veil." The third episode drops on Hulu this Tuesday after premiering its first two episodes last week. Set in the modern-day Middle East on the border of Syria Life's top 5 simple, perfect tools for the job 05/06/2024 10:52am • The proverb "necessity is the mother of invention" can be traced back to Plato, as well as Aesop's Fables "The Crow and the Pitcher." But in 2024, the adage still holds true — seemingly difficult tasks can be accomplished more easily when you have the right tool for the job. As someone who lear